13 Nov
2001
13 Nov
'01
6:33 a.m.
Looking to upgrade one of my Mv2's and came across
an auction item with a ka650-ba with 2 16 meg mem
cards. The price is right - but it goes on to explain that
the -ba is a single user cpu - which seems silly to me.
Is there some special thing about this cpu that will only let
it run single license VMs or Ultrix? I can't see how they
limit that. Is the this bullsh*t? I can't find any google refs
that will support the single user claim..
regards,
Heinz
13 Nov
13 Nov
7:05 a.m.
VMS can tell from the sysctl register that its a -BA version. This was the
CPU uses in the VAXStation 3200. The Hobbyist license doesn't care. I've
heard, but not verified that a general purpose VMS license (ie not the
VAXStation version) will complain with this CPU but can't personally verify
that because I don't have different licenses to try. In general, if you are
using the Hobbyist license you can ignore this issue.
--Chuck
At 12:33 PM 11/13/01, you wrote:
Looking to upgrade one of my Mv2's and came across
an auction item with a ka650-ba with 2 16 meg mem
cards. The price is right - but it goes on to explain that
the -ba is a single user cpu - which seems silly to me.
Is there some special thing about this cpu that will only let
it run single license VMs or Ultrix? I can't see how they
limit that. Is the this bullsh*t? I can't find any google refs
that will support the single user claim..
regards,
Heinz
7:46 a.m.
Looking to upgrade one of my Mv2's and came
across
an auction item with a ka650-ba with 2 16 meg mem
cards. The price is right - but it goes on to explain that
the -ba is a single user cpu - which seems silly to me.
Is there some special thing about this cpu that will only let
it run single license VMs or Ultrix? I can't see how they
limit that. Is the this bullsh*t? I can't find any google refs
that will support the single user claim..
The -BA was the VAXserver model, which has a different license
from the -AA. The only difference is the ROMs.
--
Eric Dittman
dittman(a)dittman.net
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